Comments on: Valve’s Handbook for New Employees is full of awesomehttp://www.vg247.com/2012/04/21/valves-handbook-for-new-employees-is-full-of-awesome/
VG247.comTue, 29 Jul 2014 08:36:38 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2By: DSBhttp://www.vg247.com/2012/04/21/valves-handbook-for-new-employees-is-full-of-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-368548
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:52:08 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=252852#comment-368548@12 When did that happen? Valve did all their own marketing for Portal 2. EA distributed, and recieved money for that.

Generally when you pay people to provide a service, they don’t try to tell you what to do.

Sorry, but are you suggesting that EA spend $,$$$,$$$ on marketing and PR without being guaranteed a release date?

However much ‘control’ Valve have, any partnership that involves a publisher forking out millions will come with various deadlines, caveats, restrictions etc.

Valve are not immune to the way this industry works, just because they defy that pattern internally.

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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:44:38 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=252852#comment-368422@10, nein, “Publishers” of Valve’s games on Consoles are little more than Distributors. It’s not the same relationship as say Obsidian and Bethesda for New Vegas.
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:37:59 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=252852#comment-368420@9

But they DO have publishers to answer to. They don’t release their own games on console, and they will inevitably be working to deadlines, even they do own their own IP.

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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:01:00 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=252852#comment-368393I read the whole thing, and was riveted every inch of the way. It’s astonishing that this kind of business practice works. I think the biggest thing that they have going for them is that they don’t have shareholders to answer to. That’s fantastic…
]]>By: Charlie Sheenhttp://www.vg247.com/2012/04/21/valves-handbook-for-new-employees-is-full-of-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-368363
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:06:49 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=252852#comment-368363@4 HAHAHAHAHAH
]]>By: Bellisnerhttp://www.vg247.com/2012/04/21/valves-handbook-for-new-employees-is-full-of-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-368362
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:00:34 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=252852#comment-368362“Empty Shelf on Fifth Floor
—Place we’re planning on putting all those
awards for Ricochet once the gaming world finally catches up with it.”

Awesomesauce!

]]>By: manamanahttp://www.vg247.com/2012/04/21/valves-handbook-for-new-employees-is-full-of-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-368359
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:26:28 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=252852#comment-368359^ you missed the clue. Check that image again. Yes, its ironic. Check the “astonished” lines …
]]>By: sg1974http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/21/valves-handbook-for-new-employees-is-full-of-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-368352
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:12:27 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=252852#comment-368352I must take issue with Fig. 2-4. Please do not talk to a man while he is holding his penis. That is, unless you are a woman seeking sexual congress/coitus.

Also, I’m reminded of one of General Colin Powell’s golden rules for senior leaders: The guy on the front line is right unless proved otherwise.

]]>By: Sinihttp://www.vg247.com/2012/04/21/valves-handbook-for-new-employees-is-full-of-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-368344
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:05:41 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=252852#comment-368344They forgot to include the funnies, likehttp://verydemotivational.memebase.com/2011/06/01/demotivational-posters-why-gabe-newell-invented-steam/
]]>By: endgamehttp://www.vg247.com/2012/04/21/valves-handbook-for-new-employees-is-full-of-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-368319
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:06:37 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=252852#comment-368319I knew some of this stuff. I have seen their offices. In photos. But there were a lot of photos. And they had annotations. Still. Great read. Love Valve. Even more than before. There are not many companies who treat their customers like Valve does. Except maybe CD Projekt.
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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:57:57 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=252852#comment-368310Getting their moneys worth out of the writing staff 😛
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:07:31 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=252852#comment-368301THERE IS A GUY WEARING A HALF-LIFE 3 SHIRT IN ONE OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS. HALF-LIFE 3 CONFIRMED!!11111!!!1“““1!!!!q!1“1`11`”!”£wdFeWQ
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